Phantom Army is Zombie Studios’ new free-to-play shooter

Blacklight developer Zombie Studios has yet another project on the go – the free-to-play, third-person cover shooter Phantom Army, which boasts a cel-shaded aesthetic with a 1980’s comic books and action hero vibe.

Destructoid reports Phantom Army is Unreal Engine-based, coming to Steam in 2014, and has character customisation.

In an interview, the site extracted more information; Phantom Army is intended to be fast, with a clamber system for rapidly navigating obstacles in the terrain. Positioning your character in good cover at the correct range for your weapon is key; the developer describes it as something like a rapid-fire chess or checkers games.

Before a match starts, both teams choose an L-shaped section of map, which is joined by a randomly-selected square; this is to stop players learning map runs by heart, which can make shooters predictable.